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ScreenplayStart a new draft
Copy the script into a new draft so you can rewrite without touching the old one.
Before you start
- A screenplay with text is open.
Steps
Click the Draft menu at the right of the bar.
The menu lists your drafts, with a mark on the current one, then New Draft…, Manage Drafts… and Renumber Scenes.
Choose New Draft…. Type a Draft name and an optional Note.
The sheet says: The source draft stays exactly as it is. The new draft becomes a separate version. Cancel closes it, Create Draft makes the draft.
Type a clear name, for example Rewrite A, and click Create Draft.
A clear name makes Compare and the Drafts list easier to read.
Look at the bar after the draft is made.
A notice reads Created draft “Rewrite A”, and the Draft menu now shows Rewrite A. You are working in the new draft.
Rewrite a few lines.
The changes go into Rewrite A only. The earlier draft stays as it was.
Open the Draft menu again to switch drafts.
Both drafts are listed, here Example-Short (imported) and Rewrite A. Choose one to open it.
What you get
A second draft exists and you are rewriting in it.
Watch out for
- Check the Draft menu shows the new name before you type, so you do not edit the original by accident.
- A new draft starts as a copy of the script you were in.